WAGING HEAVY PEACE

Similar to Keith Richards’s LIFE, Neil Young’s WAGING HEAVY PEACE is full of candid reflections and insights, with plenty of wild tales from legendary ‘60s and ‘70s rock. By the time Young comes to terms with maturity in the later chapters, dealing with family issues, matters of life and death, and his well-publicized humanitarian concerns, the listener feels that he has naturally arrived at this point. Keith Carradine is adept at assuming Young’s persona, complete with his carrot-seed-chewing drawl. That would be the only style of reading that could accompany such a highly personal work, and Carradine doesn’t fall short. J.S.H. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2012]